diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f634d2aa..57d3a0d7 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## CHANGELOG
 
+### v0.37.17
+
+* Fix: support encrypted drives (shorten script file names) #1150
+
 ### v0.37.16 (2024-08-30)
 
 * Enhancement: Expand condition_script_runner_args #1132 (thanks @wmmc88)
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index eab23773..e3223ff2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools",
  "lenient_semver",
  "log",
+ "md5",
  "nu-ansi-term",
  "once_cell",
  "petgraph",
@@ -174,7 +175,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_ignored",
  "serde_json",
- "sha2",
  "shell2batch",
  "strip-ansi-escapes",
  "strum_macros",
@@ -880,6 +880,12 @@ version = "0.4.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a7a70ba024b9dc04c27ea2f0c0548feb474ec5c54bba33a7f72f873a39d07b24"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "md5"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "490cc448043f947bae3cbee9c203358d62dbee0db12107a74be5c30ccfd09771"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.7.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b05591fe..72f81175 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ indexmap = { version = "^2", features = ["serde"] }
 itertools = "^0.13"
 lenient_semver = "^0.4.2"
 log = "^0.4"
+md5 = "^0.7"
 once_cell = "^1.19.0"
 petgraph = "^0.6.5"
 regex = "^1.10"
@@ -73,7 +74,6 @@ serde = "^1"
 serde_derive = "^1"
 serde_ignored = "^0.1"
 serde_json = "^1"
-sha2 = "^0.10"
 shell2batch = "^0.4.5"
 strip-ansi-escapes = "^0.2"
 strum_macros = "0.26.4"
diff --git a/src/lib/scriptengine/script_utils.rs b/src/lib/scriptengine/script_utils.rs
index 2e1f3754..19ee15ad 100644
--- a/src/lib/scriptengine/script_utils.rs
+++ b/src/lib/scriptengine/script_utils.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ use crate::error::CargoMakeError;
 use crate::io::create_text_file;
 use fsio::file::write_text_file;
 use fsio::path::as_path::AsPath;
-use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
-use std::fmt::Write;
+use md5;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 pub(crate) fn create_script_file(
@@ -31,8 +30,8 @@ pub(crate) fn create_persisted_script_file(
     let text = script_text.join("\n");
 
     let string_bytes = text.as_bytes();
-    let bytes = Sha256::digest(string_bytes);
-    let file_name = bytes_to_hex(&bytes[..])?;
+    let bytes = md5::compute(string_bytes);
+    let file_name = format!("{:x}", bytes);
 
     let default_target_directory = envmnt::get_or("CARGO_MAKE_CRATE_TARGET_DIRECTORY", "target");
     let directory = envmnt::get_or(
@@ -61,12 +60,3 @@ pub(crate) fn create_persisted_script_file(
         }
     }
 }
-
-fn bytes_to_hex(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<String, CargoMakeError> {
-    let mut hex_string = String::with_capacity(2 * bytes.len());
-    for byte in bytes {
-        write!(hex_string, "{:02X}", byte)?;
-    }
-
-    Ok(hex_string)
-}